Analyst Target Update & Review on Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA)

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) shares traded +0.60% during the most recent session. Wall Street analysts covering the stock are projecting that the stock will reach $27.83 within the next 52-weeks. Since analyst price targets calculations are subjective, there often can be a wide range of targets from various analysts. This is the consensus price target based on the analysts polled by Thomson Reuters’ First Call as of today’s date.

Sell-side analysts are able to use multiple metrics in order to help calculate target price estimates. A widely used metric is a company’s preice to earnings ratio. This calculation is derived from dividing the current share price by the projected earnings per share. Alcoa Corporation Common Stock currently has a P/E Ratio of N/A. Investors might also evaluate a company’s PEG or price to earnings growth ratio. The PEG ratio represents the ratio of the price to earnings to the anticipated future growth rate of the company. If a company has a PEG Ratio under one, it may be seen as undervalued. If a company has a PEG Ratio over one, it may represent that the company is overvalued. A PEG Ratio near one may be viewed as fair value. Currently, the company has a PEG Ratio of -0.33.

Looking at stock performance, company shares have recently traded $5.90 away from the 50-day moving average of $25.80 and $5.90 away from the 200-day moving average of $25.80. The stock has been recently noted -1.52% off of the 52-week high of 32.19 and +58.50% off of the 52-week low of 20.00. Monitoring the stock price relative to moving averages and highs and lows for the year may help evaluate the value of the stock in the future.